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[serene]

So apparently, if one sees Avatar and thinks it's racist and ablist, one is looking for racism/ablism. Also, the race of the actors is a deliberate metaphor, so it can't possibly be racism.

Discuss.

(And on top of that, if one evaluates a good number of people's reviews and decide the work is problematic (*waves at vito*), the person is completely misinformed, shouldn't enter discussions about this, and the only way they're worth listening to is if they go watch the movie. Sorry. It didn't work with "The Passion of the Christ", and it's not working now. Cameron isn't getting a cent from me, no matter how many of my friends think I'm facile for saying so.)

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[wild_irises]

And let us suppose for a moment that one is looking for racism/ablism. Perhaps one might be proud of such a position, even if one's critics framed it as a failing? :-)

[serene]

Would that it were true that one had to LOOK for these things.

[firecat]

Well, one does have to learn how to see them, so there's a stage where one has to look. But after that...